Jordon studied at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), then the Univ of Melbourne, worked as an industrial designer and was a principal Rosenfeldt-Gherardin and Associates, Melbourne. He travelled in Europe 1950-1952, later lecturer Univ of Melbourne and RMIT. His work is illustrated in Colin Barrie's "Design" in the Arts in Australia series, Longmans, 1962.